[Python-Dev] Re: Right curry considered harmful (original) (raw)

Paul Moore pf_moore at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Sep 1 08:44:58 CEST 2004


Peter Harris <scav at blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

I think we'll see if partial() is a useful enough feature to be worth optimising once it actually makes it into a build and gets used.

We've now had a couple of comments regarding efficiency (Raymond Hettinger made this point as well). As a C implementation exists, and I can also imagine that this is the sort of thing that could get used in performance-sensitive areas, why not use the C implementation?

Paul.

Ooh, how Gothic. Barring the milk.



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